Happy new year, my friends! And what a start to the year it has been. I've gone all in on writing, leaving behind my full time job in Student Affairs to try and build my writing career. It has been exhilarating and terrifying and overwhelming, to say the least.
I'm mostly in the learning phase at this point, doing research and poking around to see what's out there. In the meantime, I'm continuing to write on Your Book Friend and Medium. Here are the highlights from January:
Someone stole my credit cards during our vacation, and I wrote about how I can't stop asking questions
National Pizza Week happened, and a pizza lover like me couldn't resist spending a little time reflecting on the pizzas of my life.
As I prepare to live a life that looks super different from the past few years, I'm musing on the difficulty of change and adapting to it
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While my husband was away on a business trip, I decided to scare myself by watching an entire season of Only Murders in the Building
As I do every month, I looked back on the best books I read in January 2023.
As always, thank you for supporting my work in whatever ways you're able! If you enjoy reading my words, please consider throwing a coffee my way. After all, this is my actual job now.